Reading Victoria's first book, How to have the perfect pet, and what a revelation. Most people don't see dogs as dogs, they see them or at least they insist on seing them as stuffed dogs that happen to be alive.

To have a dog, do you feel like you need to be retired to be able to find the time, especially if you get a puppy, to train it until you can leave them on their own for 4-6 hours?